SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic
2026-07-13 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/London) | Assembly Bar + Kitchen, Bennett Road, Leeds, LS6 3HN, United Kingdom
SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic
Live in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen!
Readings by a different local published poet each month. This month we’re delighted to welcome PATRICK LODGE.
Patrick lives in Yorkshire, but is an Irish citizen with family roots in Wales, and a sense of searching for home has permeated his poetry.

He will be mostly reading from ‘There You Are’, his fourth collection with Valley Press, which was published in spring 2026 and which searches widely from his home in Leeds, through the Outer Hebrides, Greece, Ireland and Wales. It includes an extended love poem in the form of a sonnet sequence based on a Tarot reading.
Patrick’s work has been published in several countries and he has read at poetry festivals in England, Scotland, Ireland, Kosovo and Italy.
He has been successful in several local and international competitions, including winning the ‘Poetry on the Lake’ short story competition.
OPEN MIC
We supply the mic – you supply the poetry
Put your name down for a 4 minute slot (first come, first served) or just come along and listen.
Open mic name listing from 6.30pm
Event begins with guest poet at 7.00pm
Everyone welcome. Free (donation appreciated)

TNL/Jazz at HEART: Bridge Quartet
2026-07-14 19:00 - 21:30 | Shire Oak Hall, Bennett Road, Leeds, LS6 3HN, United Kingdom
Tuesday Night Live/Jazz at HEART: BRIDGE QUARTET
Doors 7pm. Music 7.15pm
UK tour of the Scandinavian-British Bridge Quartet, paying tribute to Sonny Rollins’ iconic ‘The Bridge’ record
Inspired by the legendary collaboration between saxophonist Sonny Rollins and guitarist Jim Hall, a partnership immortalised on their record ‘The Bridge’, the new Scandinavian-British Bridge Quartet was set up by British guitarist James Girling after he moved to Norway. Bringing together compatriot saxophonist Dave Edge and the formidable young rhythm section of Danish drummer Emil Norman and Norwegian double bassist Andreas Svabø, this all-Oslo-based quartet establishes a conduit between British and Scandinavian musicians for expressing their shared love of the American modern jazz tradition against a contemporary northern European backdrop.
Bridge Quartet’s debut project pays tribute to Sonny Rollins’ iconic ‘The Bridge’, played in its entirety alongside gems from Rollins’ following album ‘What’s New’: all recorded within a few months in early 1962 by Rollins’ quartet of Hall, Bob Cranshaw (bass) and Ben Riley (drums).
Bridge Quartet are touring the UK in July 2026, returning by popular request after their debut UK tour in 2025 – the same year saxophone colossus Rollins turned 95.
Dave Edge (UK) – tenor sax, James Girling (UK) – guitar, Andreas Svabø (NO) – double bass, Emil Norman (DK) – drums
Advance tickets £8/£7 concessions (students + unwaged) available from HEART reception and online .
On the Night £10

TNL: Free Range with Harissa, Madripals + David Broad
2026-07-21 19:00 - 21:30 | Shire Oak Hall, Bennett Road, Leeds, LS6 3HN, United Kingdom
Tuesday Night Live: FREE RANGE with HARISSA, MADRIPALS and DAVID BROAD
Doors 7pm Music 7.15pm
‘LEAD WITH LOVE – SONGS TO LIVE BY’

FREE RANGE a capella choir singing songs from across the globe to uplift, inspire and put hope in our hearts.
PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS

DAVID BROAD: blues, swing, folk and country guitarist

HARISSA: fiery women in harmony

MADRIPALS: queer madrigal quartet

Advance tickets £8/£7 concessions
available from HEART reception and online
On the night £10

Films at HEART FilmFeast celebrating Palestinian film 'It Must Be Heaven'
2026-07-24 18:15 - 21:30 | Shire Oak Hall, Bennett Road, Leeds, LS6 3HN, United Kingdom
Films at HEART Film Feast celebrating Palestine with the film ‘It Must Be Heaven’ and food from the HEART Assembly Bar and Kitchen
Doors 6.15pm . Food 6.30pm . Film 7.15pm
Dir Elia Suleiman//1 hr 42 mins//Comedy – Drama//Certificate 15//Subtitles//2019
Watch It Must Be Heaven trailer here
Starring Elia Suleiman, Tarik Kopty and Kareem Ghneim
Palestinian filmmaker ES played by Elia Suleiman goes in search of an alternative homeland in his latest idiosyncratic comedy. However far he travels, from Paris to New York, something always reminds him of home.
Suleiman’s film explores identity, nationality and belonging and asks the fundamental question – where is the place we can truly call home?
Review An entrancing blend of the poignant and the absurd, It Must Be Heaven finds writer-director Elia Suleiman returning to action in peak form Rotten Tomatoes
Tickets £12.00 available from HEART reception and online

TNL: b0uter trio
2026-07-28 19:00 - 21:30 | Shire Oak Hall, Bennett Road, Leeds, LS6 3HN, United Kingdom
Tuesday Night Live: b0uter trio
Door 7pm Music 7.15pm
b0uter trio plays a collection of great songs, across the pop, rock and jazz spectrum, with an open, improv-focused approach.
Harry Souter – Electric Guitar
Tom O’Brien – Piano
Tom McEwen – Electric Bass
Herbie Underwood – Drums
Advance tickets £8/£7 concession (students + unwaged)
On the Night £10

TNL: Jeffrey Hewer Trio
2026-08-04 19:00 - 21:30 | Shire Oak Hall, Bennett Road, Leeds, LS6 3HN, United Kingdom
TNL: Jeffrey Hewer Trio
Doors 7pm Music 7.15pm
With some of The North’s most swinging beboppers, this trio will be playing swinging standards and fresh arrangements of classic jazz music. The band takes their inspiration from the trios of Chet Baker, Sonny Rollins and Jim Hall, check out their mellow and groovy vibes and melodic improvisations.
Advance tickets £8/£7 concession (students + unwaged) available from HEART reception.
On the Night £10

SOUNDBITES - Monthly Poetry Open Mic
2026-08-10 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-09-14 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-10-12 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-11-09 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-12-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Assembly Bar + Kitchen, Bennett Road, Leeds, LS6 3HN, United Kingdom
SOUNDBITES – Monthly Poetry Open Mic
Live in the Assembly Bar + Kitchen!
Readings by a different local published poet each month. Check here for updates
OPEN MIC
We supply the mic – you supply the poetry
Put your name down for a 5 minute slot (first come, first served) or just come along and listen.
Open mic name listing from 6.30pm
Event begins with guest poet at 7.00pm
Everyone welcome. Free (donation appreciated)

TNL: Jean Watson Collective with Woody Hayden and Jean's Northlight Jazz Group
2026-08-11 19:00 - 21:30 | Shire Oak Hall, Bennett Road, Leeds, LS6 3HN, United Kingdom
FUN JAZZ ON A SUMMER EVENING!

TNL: Jean Watson Collective, with guest Woody Hayden and Jean’s Northlight Jazz Group
Doors 7pm Music 7.30pm

A welcome return to Jean and her fantastic musicians, with a great mix of jazz standards and original tunes! Will be lovely to see you!

Jean Watson, voice
Sophie Speed, tenor sax
George MacDonald, piano
Fergus Quill, double bass
Josh Smout, drums
Woody Hayden, double bass
Support: Northlight Jazz Group

jeanwatson1.bandcamp.com

Advance tickets £8/£7 concession (students + unwaged) available
On the Night £10

HEART CLOSED
2026-08-31, 2026-12-24 12:00 - 21:30, 2026-12-25 - 2027-01-02
